“I think it’s very simple,” he said. “If you get a warning, you get a penalty. I think that would speed it up.”

With the difference between first and second place this week costing $684,000, Woods rejects the Tour’s existing system of fining players between $5,000 and $20,000 for consistent pace of play violations.

“Strokes is money,” he said. “I would take the five grand (fine) over the 800K. That’s one shot. That’s the difference. That’s what people don’t realize – that one shot is so valuable out here.”

Tiger Woods, if you’re curious, finished 40th at the TPC. That’s on the heels of his 40th place finish at the Masters. [Golf Channel; Na Waggle via Paul Pabst]

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Dude needs to fire his sports psychologist.
And by the way, what Tiger said is what everybody is saying.

squawkbox

I found this funny.

Set up: Traffic geniuses in Atlanta decided to open the emergency lanes to regular traffic during rush hour. Nothing bad could happen with that strategy. Of course, some knucklehead bounces off a guardrail ….

The first report of a wreck in the emergency lane came in around 8:30 as the WSB Radio Traffic Center reported that a car hit the guardrail south of Northridge.

Channel 2 Action News reported that the car was driven by a former NFL player, Larry Roberts, who played defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers from 1986 to 1993. Roberts was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license, Channel 2 said.

ms621

Tiger Woods, if you’re curious, finished 40th at the TPC. That’s on the heels of his 40th place finish at the Masters.

The implication here on the heels of quoting Tiger in a story about the integrity of rules in the game is a pretty lazy one.

Also, signal flare to Duffy: if you’re writing the Mad Men post, if you could include a screen cap or 5 of Alexis Bledel from Pete’s fantasy sequence, I and I imagine several others would greatly appreciate it.

scripty

Tiger on Sunday can be one of the biggest slow play offenders and has terrible course etiquette.

he doesn’t have a strong history at sawgrass…his shitty finish here is not very surprising.

http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

“I think it’s very simple,” he said. “If you get a warning, you get a penalty. I think that would speed it up.”

there’s ALREADY A RULE IN PLACE…

Players are expected to keep up with the group in front of them, and if they get out of position the group can be timed. Each player is given 40 seconds to hit a shot from the fairway and 60 seconds on the green once his group is on the clock. If a player in a group that is on the clock doesn’t meet those standards, the player is in violation.
• One bad time during a round is a warning.
• Two bad times means a one-stroke penalty and a $5,000 fine.
• Three bad times means a two-stroke penalty and a $10,000 fine.
• Four bad times means the player is disqualified.
Interestingly, the last time a player actually was given a penalty stroke for slow play was Dillard Pruitt in 1992. Pruitt now is on the Tour’s rules committee.

A.P.

Hey Tiger, your waggle was just as bad.

/perkins waitress’d

Nathan Wind

Did the crowd count the NA adjustments in the relevant Asian-tongue like the NY area crowd did to Sergio Garcia (in spanish) a few years back?

One of my buddies has the Na problem. I refuse to play with him until he fixes it.

https://twitter.com/#!/CuriousGeorger molemaninthemorning

can we talk about my shitty short game?

/butters

arkbadger

That’s on the heels of his 40th place finish at the Masters.

actually, it was on the heals of his MC at Quail Hollow.

http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

Yes. Do tell. Skulling chips? Can’t read a green?

no, hitting em fairly flush and controlling spin and trajectory…just don’t feel comfortable with alignment and was leaving myself in 2-putt range rather than tap ins. between wedge and putter, costing myself prolly 10-strokes over a round when im not hitting the shots poorly.

been hitting the ball fairly well after a little slump tho, which is nice.

http://senyormadre.blogspot.com SenyorMadre

The implication here on the heels of quoting Tiger in a story about the integrity of rules in the game is a pretty lazy one.

the club-kicking rule?

Milk Steak To Go

Did the crowd count the NA adjustments in the relevant Asian-tongue like the NY area crowd did to Sergio Garcia (in spanish) a few years back?

Na at Blackpage would be brutal.

/”Hit the fucking ball, Sergio!”
//Heard all broadcast

http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

/”Hit the fucking ball, Sergio!”
//Heard all broadcast

to put this in perspective…they were getting on him for taking 30-40 seconds. na and guys like webb simpson routinely take up to a minute.

no, hitting em fairly flush and controlling spin and trajectory…just don’t feel comfortable with alignment and was leaving myself in 2-putt range rather than tap ins. between wedge and putter, costing myself prolly 10-strokes over a round when im not hitting the shots poorly.

I always equate my alignment issues with pure laziness. Just not taking the extra 10 seconds it takes to pick a target and get aligned properly.

http://twitter.com/Diesel25 Diesel

The singing of “na-na-na-na hey hey goodbye” after Na put one in the water on 13 was a bit much